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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Amphipods (Amphipoda) » Senticaudata

Suborder Senticaudata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Sand Shrimp I don't know if this is an arthropod or not... Beach Hopper - Megalorchestia Americorchestia longicornis Platorchestia platensis - male Orchestia grillus? - female Crustacean - Hyalella Gammarus fasciatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)
Order Amphipoda (Amphipods)
Suborder Senticaudata
Explanation of Names
Senticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013
Numbers
5000 species worldwide
Identification
Strong apical setae on the 1st and 2nd uropods(1)
Range
Worldwide, ubiquitous in marine freshwater, and coastal environments, with terrestrial species in some areas
Remarks
The suborder was split from Gammaridea, traditionally the main amphipod suborder, by Lowry & Myers in 2013.(2)
Works Cited
1.A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata, subord. nov.
Lowry J.K. & Myers A.A. 2013. Zootaxa 3610(1): 001-080.
2.Wikipedia
Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 15 September, 2015 - 9:27pm
Last updated 19 January, 2016 - 3:12pm

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